Found locally, gently used with lid hinge and Cajun bandit cylinder locks. Fired it up tonight, giving it a cleaning run....
Nice!
You come up with the nicest finds close to home. Well done.
Quote from: ASpitzer on April 25, 2025, 05:18:48 AMYou come up with the nicest finds close to home. Well done.
Thanks! I've been watching this one for about a week. Offered to trade early on, seller not interested. Waited a week and offered what I considered a fair price - less than the price of the hinge and cylinder lock mods and he said "sure, come get it." Not a bit of rust anywhere, complete and looks like he had wheels on it at one point - legs drilled at the bottom. It's oily and smelled like steak and bbq sauce so I did a gentle clean on the outside, brushed the grates and loaded it up with B&B and some cherry/apple/pecan wood I had. The water pan on these newer ones are much larger than the first gen I have.
Happy with the find, may throw a chuck roast on it this weekend if weather cooperates.
Cheers!
Sweet score, congrats
Nice pick up ! ! !
Thanks all! Did a test with it Friday night into Saturday... Loaded it up - standard basket of some leftover coal and some new B&B along with more old smoking wood I needed to get out of the way and it ran from 6pm until about 1pm the next day at temps between 225F and 250F. I guess I'm used to the 22 which some call a "fuel hog". Maybe different with meat on the smoker, but very impressed with the fuel mileage.